pesky salesmen
don't you just hate those pesky salemen who pounce on you like a dog in heat the minute you walk into a store? i met one today while walking around the heeren...
pesky salesman (ps): everything on this rack is $45...and that rack too...
moby: ok...thanks.
ps: check out this one... *takes a shirt off the rack to show moby*
moby: hmmm...ok...thanks...let me look around first.
ps: ok...
*30 seconds later*
ps: why don't you try it on... *takes the same shirt off the rack*
moby: err...not really my style lah...let me look around ok? *getting a bit irritated already*
ps: ok...then how about this one? *shows moby another similar looking shirt*
moby: nah...i see see first can?
ps: ok...
*moby takes a shirt off the rack*
ps: yeah yeah! i was just going to say how nice you would look with that on...it'll go very well with the pants that you're wearing... *points at moby's dark brown corduroys*
moby: oh ok. let me look see first.
ps: really really! go and try it on lah! here, let me help you with that... *takes the shirt from moby and starts walking towards the changing room*
moby: ...
ps: this way sir!
*moby tries on shirt*
ps: how is it sir? come out lah...then we can see for you...i show you how to do the french cuffs...
moby: oh ok...
ps: very nice!
moby: the collar a bit big leh...a bit too wide lah...
ps: no lah, after you wash the shirt, it'll become softer...
moby: i'm not talking about the stiffness, it's the width of the collar...a bit too retroish lah...i need to wear this to work leh...
ps: no lah...it'll shrink after you wash it...
moby: haha...yeah right.
*pesky store owner (pso) smells blood, so goes to help ps gang up on moby for the kill*
pso: it's nice...especially with those pants...they match very well...you look really handsome in it...
ps: yeah...don't worry about the collar...it's nothing one...
pesky kaypoh bystander: yeah...and the colour matches your skin too...you really look nice in it...
pso: come, i give you special discount ok? $40...
moby: i hate all you salesmen...use all my tactics...knn.
the shirt
who says an old dog can't learn new tricks...i'm gonna incorporate some of this into my own sales pitch already..."blah blah blah...by the way sir / miss, you look very handsome / beautiful today"...hahaha...
cheers. =)
14 comments:
All said and done, that's quite a nice shirt lah. I can't believe you bought it though ! If it happens to me, I'd DIE DIE don't buy it.
I hate such pesky sales people as well. In fact, I encountered one the other day at a shop as well. Irritated me to bits when the aunty tried to sell me some gaudy looking tops that I wouldn't touch even if she gave them to me free.
maybe they think you're some secret shopper doing service level test? you know.. the whole GEMS programme.
But shirt is nice lah.
nice shirt!!! but more suitable for chionging than for work right?
*imgaines Moby in white shirt with tie*
I always try that in my sales pitch leh...
"Hi! Your, erm, Christian Dior ring on your pinky, erm, looks glam."
But no use leh. Sigh.
hah!i tot this kind of technique is used universally by the sales people.they will first comment on how great the apparel is on you or u bring out the "glow" of that apparel.and if the salesperson is lucky,plus some "teh-ing" (use it at ur own risk,too much might backfired),probably able to close the sale. =)
Well, I hate such sales person too. Argh.
Anw, nice shirt. Guz it'll match well with plain silver tie. (=
it's a good buy for $40! you're gonna look very hip.
purple polka dots stripes..uhhhh..cute ! =)
Is it the shop that says their shirts are from UK and cheaper than those sold at Topshop?
hehe.. my fren bought a shirt there at $99 under the same tactics.. haha :P
it's maroon, not purple lah...or "burgandy" as the guy called it in the store...
tsk tsk *disappointed*
can you model the shirt? sorry, i still can't imagine how you will look in it?
somehow I am not able to imagine you in that shirt to work.. hmmmm.. perhaps a dark silver pants? I have to agree with graceyumommy, can u model it? ;)
ps. I don't think it's burgundy.. burgundy is more like deep red, deep wine red..
i hate to tell you this but i saw the same exact shirt selling in thailand's pratunam market at S$7.50.
:P
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